Greg O’Keeffe has spoken glowingly about Richarlison after his performance in Everton’s 3-1 win over Crystal Palace, during a Q&A on The Athletic.
What did he say?
When Christian Benteke equalised for Palace, after Bernard had opened the scoring, it looked as though Everton may struggle to get the better of them.
However, they finished the game with a relatively comfortable scoreline of 3-1, something that the Brazilian played a key role in ensuring – it could have been even more one-sided in the end.
One fan in the Q&A suggested that Richarlison had been the man of the match, a thought that O’Keeffe wholeheartedly agreed with: “Richarlison was 100% MOTM. He transformed the game. Should have had two assists as well if DCL hadn’t ballooned that late chance.”
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Superb performance
It was the 22-year-old who regained Everton’s lead just before the hour mark, as he drove at the Palace defence, before shifting the ball away from Gary Cahill and placing it out of Vicente Guaita’s reach.
Richarlison also produced the impressive header that dropped down off the bar and onto Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s feet for the striker to tap in.
He could have had another assist for the Englishman, if Calvert-Lewin hadn’t somehow missed the target with his late effort.
Outside of that, Richarlison completed both of his attempted dribbles, while three of his five shots were on target.
Did he really play for us?! No Everton fan has managed to name all of these obscure Toffees players….
He wasn’t completely dominant in the air, but won three of the seven aerial duels that he competed in.
There was even a slight defensive contribution from the forward, who made one tackle and one interception.
All of this meant that WhoScored agreed with O’Keeffe, as Richarlison’s rating of 8.9 was enough to see him named their Man of the Match.
Therefore, it is easy to see why the journalist was so enthused by his performance.
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